"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
She's like a little bird
She flies from a to b
To see what she can see
She's far away from me
We danced down the mall
We danced by the sea
The land of blue gold
Is where we were freed
July-ly-ly
July-ly-ly
July-ly-ly
Where we were freed
Where we were freed
The shiny blackest crow
Flew out to sail along
Though much to her surprise
He had two mouths for eyes
She understood his words
The crow's feathery pleads
He gave to her his wings
And now she is free
July-ly-ly
July-ly-ly
July-ly-ly
Now we are free
Now we are free
July-ly-ly
July-ly-ly
July-ly-ly
She flies from a to b
To see what she can see
She's far away from me
We danced down the mall
We danced by the sea
The land of blue gold
Is where we were freed
July-ly-ly
July-ly-ly
July-ly-ly
Where we were freed
Where we were freed
The shiny blackest crow
Flew out to sail along
Though much to her surprise
He had two mouths for eyes
She understood his words
The crow's feathery pleads
He gave to her his wings
And now she is free
July-ly-ly
July-ly-ly
July-ly-ly
Now we are free
Now we are free
July-ly-ly
July-ly-ly
July-ly-ly
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i love this song. of course, the beauty of it is that i believe it's very open to personal interpretation...as are many good songs. i think it might be about a girl who undergoes a spiritual transformation. i feel like she's talking about this other girl as part of herself, or maybe a close friend, who undergoes something but comes out of it (kind of along the lines of what thatKid said or any kind of bad situation). i feel like it's about a part of herself because at the beginning of the song she says, "she's far away from me" (like a part of herself that was once happy) and at the and she says, "now WE are free" (she's reunited with her whole-self after encountering the crow).
as far as the crow, i believe he can be seen as something that represents the change or the death of the situation. because of this song, and because of the general vibe of the album, i looked up a bunch of things about the symbolism of the black crow. there are many different beliefs, but i found one that struck a chord with me. the link is below. the crow can be seen as the first step toward the freeing of one's soul.
crystalinks.com/birdsalchemy.html
because of finally freeing myself from a certain person (a tumultuous relationship that never ended properly...but now finally has), this song is therapeutic and special to me. love it!
Woah I thought the exact same thing!
Such a beautifull song! ♥
amazing climax, i do think it is beautiful
I always swore the lyrics said
" she flies from bee to bee "
instead of
"she flies from A to B"
you know, like the birds and the bees? I always liked thinking thats what she was saying. and then she meets the crow.
A to B? not as great.
This is a very pretty song, but I always thought this song was about a girl that was murdered and raped or something. it was always the "but mich to her surprise, he had to mouths for eyes" and the "now she is free"
Is that right? I'm not sure ><
"The crow was very pleased.." haha, so cool
Possibly the duo's most beautiful song. Allison sounds perfect!
the song is about a lover/traveling companion who she was only with for a month (july) who then met a new traveling partner who could go more places and speak more languages. (atleast thats the story I hear)
I read somewhere that this could be about a vision of the Devil (that crow with "two mouths for eyes").